Justin Ferry 4

One thing that is discussed in Making Nature Sacred is the concept of the new world as a creation. When it was first explored and discovered it is my belief that the people did not consider the world they were viewing as a creation. They probably were confused at how something could have been created like it was. Back in the day there was not as much knowledge of creation and science. The world we live in is to be considered sacred and a creation from something greater. My personal belief is that God created the Earth and gave us the power to rule it. It wasn't until later in the world that we learned of these theories. This explains why the settlers might not have known that it was a beautiful creation. That is what I think at least.